Acceptance Quote by Linda Gordon

Whether or not birth control is eugenic, hygienic, and economic, it is the most revolutionary practice in the history of sexual morals.

— Walter Lippmann

The birth control pill, to a great degree, made possible the (hetero)sexual revolution. Yet those who developed oral contraceptives did not intend their work…

— Beth Bailey

Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.

— Margaret Sanger

“The assumption that fertility control should be manipulated by authorities without respect for the wishes and dignity of individuals still exists. We see this…

— Gabrielle Palmer

Many people are horrified at the idea of birth control. . . . It is simply the keynote of a new moral program.

— Margaret Sanger

“The idea of women having sex without risking pregnancy is deeply disturbing to the vision of women's role that Western civilization has inherited from…

— Jack Holland

Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of…

— Dick Durbin

The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less…

— Melinda Gates

Nearly 100 years ago, when Planned Parenthood was founded, birth control was illegal.

— Cecile Richards

Birth Control which has been criticized as negative and destructive, is really the greatest and most truly eugenic method, and its adoption as part…

— Margaret Sanger

The commonest objection to birth control is that it is against nature.

— Bertrand Russell

“The Pill was introduced in the early 1960s and modern woman was born. Women were no longer going to be tied to the cycle…

— Jennifer Worth